Employees who have exceeded the annual premium pay cap will be contacted and provided options on the overpayment process, the agency told its employees... READ MORE›
She recommended investing in Home Depot, as devastation from a hurricane would surely bring federal aid, much of which would flow to the construction industry... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico was already struggling with an increase in mental illness amid a 10-year recession that brought soaring unemployment, poverty and family separation caused by emigration... READ MORE›
Six weeks after Hurricane Maria hit, only about 30 percent of Puerto Rico's power grid has been restored... READ MORE›
The head of the troubled utility, Ricardo Ramos, said Sunday he would seek to cancel the contract, amid scrutiny from multiple federal and congressional investigations... READ MORE›
Montana-based Whitefish Energy Holdings had come under increased scrutiny as it struggled to restore power in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
We need answers from Whitefish, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority and the federal government and we need them soon, McCaskill said... READ MORE›
We're committed to restoring power to Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Of the five million Puerto Ricans living in the continental United States, one million reside in Florida... READ MORE›
Now the challenge is whether Puerto Rico, which sustained enormous damage after Hurricane Maria's landfall more than a month ago, will get enough aid to rebuild... READ MORE›
An energy company in his small hometown has won a big contract to restore power lines in Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Now the challenge is whether Puerto Rico, which sustained enormous damage after Hurricane Maria's landfall more than a month ago, will get enough aid to rebuild... READ MORE›
Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday called on President Trump to appoint a recovery chief to oversee relief efforts for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico mayor for US response to crisis Trump deserves 'a 10' out of 100... READ MORE›
Frances Townsend, who was Bush's top homeland security adviser during Katrina and Nielsen's boss, defended her protegee's performance... READ MORE›
Three weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico, the challenge of finding enough water to drink and cook with remains enormous... READ MORE›
President Donald Trump lashed out at hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico on Thursday, insisting in tweets that the federal government can't keep sending help... READ MORE›
Trump's wildly different responses to hurricanes in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
REUTERS The contents of a damaged home near the town of Comerio, Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
US President Donald Trump has griped about emergency relief efforts in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico, saying federal aid cannot continue forever ... READ MORE›
Of that amount, 4.9 billion is earmarked for loans to local governments to ensure that the cash-strapped Puerto Rico can keep government programs operating beyond Oct. 31... READ MORE›
Cruz complained Monday morning via Twitter that San Juan legislators arrived to the Emergency Operations Center to discuss debris and flooding... READ MORE›
US Virgin Islands The American citizens battered by hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
The seaside city of Loiza might be Anyplace, Puerto Rico, right now - no power, scant food and drinking water, telephone poles lolling broken on house-tops... READ MORE›
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The official death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has increased to 34 from 16, the U.S. territory's governor said Tuesday... READ MORE›
The official death toll from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico has increased to 34 from 16, the US territory's governor said Tuesday... READ MORE›
Some in Puerto Rico's government already are estimating reconstruction costs will be as high as 60 billion... READ MORE›
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel to Puerto Rico, to survey hurricane damage... READ MORE›
At a briefing in San Juan, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello reported that fuel and food supplies had begun to arrive in Puerto Rico... READ MORE›
After a deadly terror attack in London in June, for instance, Trump singled out London Mayor Sadiq Khan, suggesting he wasn't taking the attacks seriously enough... READ MORE›
The Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration said 4,000 members of the US Army Reserves have been deployed to the island to help with Hurricane Maria recovery... READ MORE›
FEMA Is Almost Out of Money and Hurricane Irma Is Approaching... READ MORE›
Photos Hurricane Irma tears through Caribbean Carmelo Mota, a builder, searches for tools in his destroyed home in Charlotte Amalie, US Virgin Islands, on Monday, September 18... READ MORE›
Drew Gleason looks for flood victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey while flying over Liberty, Texas, Friday... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico's population is larger than Iowa's 3.1 million, yet he senses that the island's colonial history somehow paints Puerto Ricans as second-class citizens... READ MORE›
As Americans have coped with domestic natural disasters, the role of the president of the United States has long been one-dimensional... READ MORE›
The death toll in Puerto Rico stood at six but was likely to rise... READ MORE›
Large amounts of federal aid began moving into Puerto Rico on Saturday, as the island tried to recover from a battering by hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
According to the Puerto Rican Emergency Management Agency, the coastal town 20 miles west of San JuanA had 2,000 displaced residents and at least eight drownings... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico is without electricity, officials have said, after Hurricane Maria's strong winds and flooding knocked out the US territory's power service... READ MORE›
That money covers initial requests for the hurricanes that hit Texas, Louisiana and Florida, as well as Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands... READ MORE›
On Wednesday, Harvey went on to swamp a stretch of coast from Port Arthur, Texas, to Lake Charles, in neighbouring Louisiana... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico's old electrical grid, which was in terrible shape, was devastated, Trump also tweeted Monday... READ MORE›
Avoiding a debt-limit battle would benefit Trump, as defaulting on government debt on his watch could trigger financial calamity... READ MORE›
SHARE Link Carmen Yulin Cruz, the mayor of the city of San Juan in Puerto Rico, made a desperate plea for help on Friday... READ MORE›
CNN Hurricane Harvey is destined to be the first major homeland security and emergency management crisis the Trump administration has faced... READ MORE›
A sedan is buried in congealed mud on an impassible road where the Rio Caguitas overflowed in the mountainous community of Bairoa... READ MORE›
SHARE Link Residents line up for fuel in San Juan after Hurricane Maria... READ MORE›
When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico at the weekend, Sofia Abregu filmed it... READ MORE›
Puerto Rico has the population of Connecticut and an economy smaller than Nebraska's... READ MORE›
FEMA was criticised repeatedly for what many felt was an ineffective and delayed handling of Hurricane Katrina under the Bush administration... READ MORE›
Second, the lessons learned after Hurricane Katrina are guiding the planning and pacing of the evacuation orders... READ MORE›
The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is focusing on generators for hospitals and critical infrastructure, said Gil Quiniones, the New York Power Authority's chief executive officer... READ MORE›
But like so many other Houstonians, they don't have flood insurance... READ MORE›
Mayor of hard-hit Naples hopes president's visit will be backed by resources, with 90 percent of Florida Keys damaged and 25 percent of the state without power... READ MORE›
Watch the video to see archive footage of the effects of the hurricane and the numbers behind it... READ MORE›
Her husband applied for FEMA aid despite misgivings that it might lead immigration authorities to her... READ MORE›
The National Flood Insurance Program NFIP owes 24.6 billion to the Treasury... READ MORE›
The storm broke Texas rainfall records at one measuring site south of Houston, which recorded 49.32 inches 1.25 m of precipitation since the storm's start... READ MORE›
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